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Dhaka became the capital of the Mughal province of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa in 1610 with a jurisdiction covering modern-day Bangladesh and eastern India, including the modern-day Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
Following the Partition of India in August 1947, Dhaka became the capital of East Bengal under the Dominion of Pakistan. The city witnessed serious communal violence that left thousands of people dead.
The Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, also known as the third India-Pakistan war, was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 December 1971.
History of the Present: Dhaka. Dhaka is a paradigmatic South Asian megalopolis. It is also a model for what a city can be, where urban logics are tested, where optimism and pessimism, adaptation and dysfunction, affluence and poverty flourish without bounds. Adnan Z. Morshed. January 2024.
3 days ago · Dhaka, city and capital of Bangladesh. It is located just north of the Buriganga River, a channel of the Dhaleswari River, in the south-central part of the country. Dhaka is Bangladesh’s most populous city and is one of the largest metropolises in South Asia. Learn more about Dhaka in this article.
Dec 2, 2022 · Dhaka (previously Dacca) is one such city that went through tremendous changes due to the territorial reorganisation, movements of population, severance of old ties, and creation of new ones. A...
Dhaka is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. Dhaka is a megacity, and has a population of 10.2 million residents as of 2022, and a population of over 22.4 million residents in Greater Dhaka. [15][16][17] It is widely considered to be one of the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world.
Dhaka (formerly known as Dacca) (Bengali: ঢাকা) is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. It is the largest city by population in the historical region of Bengal and a major city in South Asia. It is a hub for trade and culture, with a long history as a Bengali capital.
1 day ago · Bangladesh, country of South Asia, located in the delta of the Padma (Ganges) and Jamuna (Brahmaputra) rivers in the northeastern part of the Indian subcontinent. It is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, and its people are predominantly Muslim. Its capital is Dhaka.
The army did not specify Dacca (now Dhaka) as a military objective. Nor was it even earmarked as a contingency task. The army considered the capture of Dacca by crossing either the Padma,...
